Paul Cunningham
paulnews.bsky.social
Paul Cunningham
@paulnews.bsky.social
Political Correspondent for RTÉ, Ireland’s public service broadcaster.
Dubliner Colm Byrne has posted this video from the Hio vessel which is part of the #globalsumudflotilla seeking to reach #Gaza
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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@paulnews.bsky.social will be stepping in to present tomorrow's show, where he will be joined by guests:

Minister of State, Eimear Higgins, TD Nash Ged and TD Louise O'Reilly to discuss the #presidency and the upcoming #budget2026.

Broadcasts at noon on @rteone.rte.ie
September 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Best of luck to Aine Lawlor and Mary Wilson after stellar work on morning ireland over many years - two generous colleagues and excellent journalists
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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"Britain is on the cusp of race war, he told me. If that prospect saddened him, it didn’t show. ‘We are talking about inter-ethnic violence.’"

I went to Reform UK's conference, for @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism
Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A very good overview of Ireland's relationship with Lebanon by @paulnews.bsky.social
The troubled history of Irish involvement in Lebanon
Ireland's relationship with Lebanon goes back as far as 1958, when a team of 50 officers was deployed there.
www.rte.ie
August 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza.

The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.

This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...
August 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EXPO25 in Osaka, Japan, tonight
July 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Behind the Story: @paulnews.bsky.social and @katiehannon.bsky.social on the 'wild west' of corporal punishment, defence spending and Jeff Bezos wedding
A school beating, defence spend and 27 dresses!
Behind the Story · Episode
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June 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Delighted to be back in the News at One hot seat - join us at 1pm for all the latest domestic and international news on RTE Radio One
June 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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A convicted rapist who threatened and harassed three female Sunday World journalists has been jailed for 11 years.
Man who harassed female journalists jailed for 11 years
A convicted rapist who threatened and harassed three female Sunday World journalists has been jailed for 11 years.
www.rte.ie
June 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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First census of the Irish Free State to be digitised and released in April next year.
Most anticipated!
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
1926 census to be available online after digitisation
The first census carried out by the State will be available online next year, Minister for Arts, Culture and Communications Patrick O'Donovan is expected to tell the Cabinet.
www.rte.ie
May 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Tesla sales in UK year on year to April down 62%.
May 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Who can vote in Ireland?
May 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Trump post about Canada

No I don't understand any of it
April 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Congrats to my buddy @jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social at the launch of his novel in Dublin today
April 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congrats to Eamonn McCann who has been made a life member of the @nujofficial.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings?

It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws

We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉

New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
Democracy for Sale 1, Dominic Cummings 0
We fought to expose the £800m research agency that Cummings built to escape scrutiny - and we won.
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Great event - worth a look: exhibition opening at Dublin Castle tonight on Casimir Markievicz - husband of Irish revolutionary Constance. A gem of hidden history
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM